Adolescents΄motivational orientations, school-subject values, and well-being : a person-centered approach
Part of : Hellenic journal of psychology ; Vol.4, No.3, 2007, pages 310-330
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310-330
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A person-oriented approach was taken in order to determine what kinds of motivationalorientations could be identified on the basis of adolescents' personal goals, and howthese orientations differed in terms of school motivation and well-being. A total of 56115-year-olds (277 boys, 284 girls) rated their personal goals, school-subject values and wellbeing.The most frequently mentioned personal goals were those related to school, futureeducation/occupation, property, and friends. The boys had more property- and education/occupation-related goals than the girls, while the girls had more family-, leisure-, self- andfriend-related goals than the boys. Three motivational orientations thus emerged on the basisof their personal goals: present-interpersonal (30%), future-competence (43%), and pastself(27%). Those with past-self-orientation felt more stress and made less progress towardtheir education-related goals. Moreover, those oriented to the present were more likely to beinterested in skills-related subjects, those oriented to the future were mainly interested incompetence in mathematics, and those oriented to the past in languages. Finally, the selforientedmore often reported school-related burnout, stress symptoms, and depressive symptomsthan those in the other two groups, while those in the interpersonal group had the highestlife satisfaction, and the competence group had the highest self-esteem.
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motivational orientations, personal goals, task-value, well-being
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